I want to protect you and your loved ones from becoming victims of crimes by the catholic church and all abusers of human beings. I want to give survivors of sexual and physical abuse a voice to be heard all over the world. All abuse of children and adults by religious groups and by any organization or individual must be stopped. We can add our voices to a growing, worldwide community of people who want truth and justice. Please share your experiences with me and others on this blog.

Pages

Sunday, August 25, 2013

The pope wore Prada: where our donations really go

Those of us who
were abused by priests and nuns are not rich: we have disabilities and no or
inadequate medical coverage. For sure we don’t have luxuries – but the pope
(past and present) uses our donations for his enjoyment.

A photograph of the
pope’s desk in his private library shows a gold lamp, a gold writing tray, a
gold clock – all real gold. There a Grand piano in his private quarters. The
pope is dressed in silk and gold embroidered clothing. He is well fed and
pampered and protected.He has the best
medical and dental care. He sits on a golden throne. Are these the “good works”
that the church professes to do with our money?

The previous pope
was called the “Prada Pope” named after the maker of the expensive shoes he wore.
The shoes cost $640 a pair, but the pope said he got them for free. What a poor
excuse – he could have asked Prada to make a few dozen shoes for poor children
or homeless people instead.

Along
with slippers made of red velvet or silk and heavily decorated in gold braid
with a gold cross in the middle, the pope wears a mozzetta or cape: in the
summer it is red satin; in the winter red velvet trimmed with white ermine fur;
and at Easter it is white damask silk trimmed with white fur. The current pope
has opted for plain dress in public, but what is he wearing behind closed Vatican
doors? Do popes need gold, velvet, silk and ermine before they can talk to God?

As reported by ABC News (Phoebe Natanson, 3/15/12) pope
benedict had the Italian celebrity perfume-maker Silvana Casoli, create a
custom-made perfume scent for him alone. Did he smell to high heaven? We know
there is something rotten about a religious organization that uses donations to
ensure that they live well.

It
takes a lot of money to run the vatican: electric, phone and heating bills,
landscaping, laundry, toiletries, supplies, etc. The vatican gardens are 57
acres of flowers, trees, lush lawns, decorated with fountains and sculptures
and surrounded by stone walls –how many gardeners do they pay? The vatican
fertilizer bill must be really high and we pay it. For the pope and vatican
clergy there are costs for medical and dental care, clothes and shoes,
substantial meals, the security of a roof over their heads. What do the abused
children and devastated adults have?

The pope has
insurance of his personal safety: a personal Swiss Guard with 134 men.They
are armed with small arms and the traditional halberd -- a pike with an axe on
it and are trained in body-guarding tactics. So we pay for the bodyguards of
the pope and his cardinals -- but they don’t guard the children and protect
them from being raped and beaten by priests and nuns. The new pope Francis is
an expert on distraction – he doesn’t want us to think about how they are spending
our donations or the $3 billion the church has already spent defending
pedophile priests. We should demand accountability before we give them another
penny.

Google+ Followers

About Me

When I was three and a half years old, I and my five year
old brother Frankie were raped by a catholic priest and put in St. Agnes Home and School in Sparkill, NY. I was beaten every day and then smothered by a catholic
nun. I didn't die but I was in a coma for almost year, leaving me brain damaged. After we got out, my
brother killed himself because he couldn't help me or accept the abuse we received. I want everyone to know
about the brutality and crime then and still going on in the catholic church. I want to stop
the crimes the church commits against our children and us and get justice for the victims. Give me your ideas
so that we all succeed in making this world safer for our children.